code: def _pre_annex_init_processing_(
      *,
      destds: Dataset,
      cfg: ConfigManager,
      gitclonerec: Dict,
      remote: str,
      reckless: None or str,
  ):
      """Pre-processing a to-be-initialized annex repository"""
      if reckless == "auto":
          lgr.debug(
              "Instruct annex to hardlink content in %s from local "
              "sources, if possible (reckless)",
              destds.path,
          )
          destds.config.set(
              "annex.hardlink", "true", scope="local", reload=True
          )
  
      # trick to have the function behave like a generator, even if it
      # (currently) doesn't actually yield anything.
      if False:
          yield
  
imports: import logging
  from argparse import REMAINDER
  from typing import Dict
  from datalad.cmd import CommandError
  from datalad.config import ConfigManager
  from datalad.distribution.dataset import Dataset, EnsureDataset, datasetmethod, require_dataset, resolve_path
  from datalad.interface.base import Interface, build_doc, eval_results
  from datalad.interface.common_opts import location_description, reckless_opt
  from datalad.interface.results import get_status_dict
  from datalad.support.annexrepo import AnnexRepo
  from datalad.support.constraints import EnsureKeyChoice, EnsureNone, EnsureStr
  from datalad.support.exceptions import CapturedException
  from datalad.support.network import RI, PathRI
  from datalad.support.param import Parameter
  from datalad.utils import knows_annex, PurePath, rmtree
  from .clone_utils import _check_autoenable_special_remotes, _format_clone_errors, _generate_candidate_clone_sources, _get_remote, _get_tracking_source, _map_urls, _test_existing_clone_target, _try_clone_candidates, decode_source_spec, postclone_preannex_cfg_ria, postclonecfg_ria
label_desc: Use image node_id 4 for calling a global function with example usage: _pre_annex_init_processing_() without return types